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How much is terrawatt hour?
a kilowatt is 1000 watts a megawatt is 1000000 watts a gigawatt is 1000000000 watts a terrawatt is 1000000000000 or a million million watts
How many watts are one terrawatt?
1 terrawatt is equal to 1 000 000 000 000 watts this is given by terra being x10 to the power of 12 and if your familiar with computers: 1 terrabyte = 1 000 gigabytes = 1 000 000 megabytes = 1 000 000 000 kilobytes = 1 000 000 000 000 bytes so the same goes for watts.
What is the safest type of energy?
According to statistical data nuclear energy is the safest. It only causes 0.04 deaths per terrawatt hour while wind and solar energy cause over 10. There have been meltdowns and disasters, but nuclear energy is fairly safe.
How much power is made by wind?
More and more power comes from the wind each year. In 2012 the Alta Wind Energy Center in California generated over one gigawatt. Total US production has risen from 2 GW in 2000 to 60 GW by 2012. At the same average rate of growth the US will produce a terrawatt by 2023, and a petawatt by 2031. In contrast, the US produced only 225 GW of electricity from coal in 2006. Other countries around the world already generate much larger percentages of their domestic energy requirements from wind than does the US.
What are the positives and negatives of having a nuclear power plant in your town?
The advantages of nuclear power:High energy density. Much more energy results from a small piece of fuel.Environment. No carbon dioxide emissions causing global warming (unlike fossil fuels). All waste (under under the vast majority of circumstances) is contained and removed from the environment.A long fuel cycle. Military cores last 30 years before needing to be refueled. Civilian cores require refueling every 18-24 months.The disadvantages of nuclear power:The problem of how to transport and store the dangerous radioactive waste safely.The risks of a dangerous accident or terrorist attack at the nuclear power plant.The safety risks in mining and transporting the radioactive fuel.The risks of theft of material, possibly for a nuclear bomb.Very expensive to build. It can take many years to create a nuclear plant.A Long AnswerAdvantages:Nuclear power produces fewer carbon emissions than most othertraditional energy sources. The production of energy does not come from burning molecules but from splitting atoms.Nuclear plants provide baseload power. Under normal operation the plant produces power at a constant rate. Each reactor core typically provides 800-1200MW of power. Many sites have more than one reactor.Nuclear power plants don't require a lot of space. As the reactor cores are very energy dense.Nuclear plants do not produce smoke particles to pollute the atmosphere.Nuclear energy is by far the most concentrated form of energy; a lot of energy is produced from a small mass of fuel.The fission products (aka nuclear waste) created during a normal fuel cycle make up
